One Killed As Police, Hoodlums Clash In Ojota, Lagos – [Videos]

There was pandemonium in the Ojota area of Lagos on Monday morning as some hoodlums reportedly engaged in a shootout.

Reports claimed that the fight started between suspected hoodlums and residents of the area.

Naija News learnt that the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a detachment of the Lagos State Police Command, were deployed to Ojota immediately to restore calmness.

However, photos and videos emerging from the scene show that a casualty was recorded. It was claimed that a civilian was shot dead when members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and operatives of the police engaged in a physical clash.

See the videos and below:

Edo Train Attack: How Victims Were Selected Before Abduction – Train Station Worker

Meanwhile, gunmen on Saturday invaded the train station in the Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State and abducted not less than thirty people.

There had been reports that people abducted around 4 pm at the train station on Saturday were waiting to board the train.

However, while speaking on the incident with Punch, a worker at the train station who survived the attack said both passengers and non-passengers were abducted.

He disclosed that shop owners and okada riders were kidnapped depending on the clothes, dresses and wristwatches they were wearing.

The worker, narrating how the victims were selected, said, “The bandits appeared after the arrival of the train at the Ekehen Station. They started firing gunshots in the air and later made their way into the train, telling all passengers to lie down flat before ordering them outside into the nearby bushes.

“In some cases, husbands and wives were picked; they also went away with some men and left their wives and vice versa. A survivor said the attackers were selecting those that were rich, those that wore expensive wristwatches and clothes; those that are fat and looked well-fed. In fact, a woman who was standing on the road was ordered to go back because she looked haggard.”